Senior Australian and U.S. officials pledged to enhance force deployments, defense industrial base cooperation and regional security...
https://news.usni.org/2024/08/07/australia-and-u-s-bolster-defense-cooperation-basing-arrangements
News & Analysis
Allied Navies, Chinese Warships Hold Competing Drills off the Philippines
ABOARD HMCS MONTRÉAL SAILING IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA – As the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter prepared to take off, the Chinese warship was in view off the starboard side of the Canadian frigate.
The PLAN Type 056 Jiangdao-class corvette CNS Wuzhou (626) would...
Navy Awards $1.3B Long-Lead Contract for Virginia Block VI Boats Ahead of Anticipated Multi-Year Contract
The Navy awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat $1.3 billion for long lead materials for the first Block VI Virginia-class nuclear attack submarines ahead of an expected multi-year contract between the submarine yard and the service for the class.
The award to Electric Boat comes ahead of a planned multi-year contract between the Navy and the Connecticut submarine builder, USNI News...
Newport News Shipbuilding Constructing 2 New Quality of Life Facilities for Navy Submariners
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding is on contract to build two new facilities for U.S. sailors assigned to submarines undergoing overhauls at the Virginia shipyard, USNI News has learned.
The two buildings, slated to cost $9 million, will feature a galley and housing for sailors in one facility and workspaces in the other, a spokesperson for Naval Sea Systems Command told USNI News.
HII will build...
Report to Congress on Conflict in Yemen, Red Sea Attacks
The following is the Aug. 5, 2024, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Yemen: Conflict Red Sea Attacks and U.S. Policy.
From the report
Yemen is a conflict-afflicted nation along the strategic Bab al Mandab Strait, one of the world’s most active shipping lanes. Since 2015, a civil war has pitted the Iran-backed Houthi movement against Yemen’s internationally recognized government, its backers, and other anti-Houthi forces. Foreign intervention complicates the conflict, which has...
https://news.usni.org/2024/08/06/report-to-congress-on-conflict-in-yemen-red-sea-attacks
Crew of USS Mason Adapted to Demands of Intense Red Sea Deployment, Sailors Say
ABOARD GUIDED-MISSILE DESTROYER USS MASON – When sailors assigned to USS Mason (DDG-87) were in workups last year, many expected a standard Mediterranean Sea deployment.
Maybe they’d stop in Souda Bay,...
U.S. Marines Deploy Radar on Japanese Island Near Taiwan
As part of the ongoing U.S. Marine Corps-Japan Self-Defense Force bilateral exercise Resolute Dragon 24, the 12th Marine Littoral Regiment deployed an AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (TPS-80) system on Thursday to Yonaguni Island.
The Japanese island near Taiwan has been often...
https://news.usni.org/2024/08/05/u-s-marines-deploy-radar-on-japanese-island-near-taiwan
USNI News Fleet and Marine Tracker: Aug. 5, 2024
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Aug. 5, 2024, based on Navy and public data. In cases where a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations, the chart reflects the location of the capital ship.
Ships Underway
| Total Battle Force | Deployed | Underway |
| 297 (USS 237, USNS 60) | 101 (USS 70, USNS 31) | 79 (47 Deployed, 35 Local) |
In the Philippine SeaNavy Sailor assigned to...
https://news.usni.org/2024/08/05/usni-news-fleet-and-marine-tracker-aug-5-2024
Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln Heads to Middle East as Iran Threatens Strikes Against Israel
West Coast carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) is setting sail to the Middle East from the Pacific to relieve the carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) and its strike group. Meanwhile, the Navy is sending additional ships to the region following threats from Iran, Pentagon officials announced on Friday evening.
“To maintain a carrier strike group presence in the Middle East, the Secretary has...